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Shipton Hill Settlement
50.7267° N, -2.6989° E
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The Shipton Hill Settlement is an archaeological site, a defended settlement of the Iron Age, near Shipton Gorge in Dorset, England. It is a scheduled monument.
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
Contemporary Period
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Defensive Structures
Ditches
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Burial and Funerary Structures
Burial MoundsBarrows
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Domestic and Habitation Structures
Villages
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Environmental and Natural Features
Landscaped EarthworksArtificial Mounds
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